Cheese



UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIoE.

BENJ. F. ADAMS, OF BANGOR, MAINE.

CHEESE, BUTTER, ANI) BREAD GUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent No.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. ADAMS, ofBangor, in the county of Penobscot and State of Maine, have invented anew and useful Machine called the Cheese, Butter, and Bread Cutter, ofwhich the following is a full and exact description.

An oblong triangular frame (A A A A) about two feet and six inches longon two sides, one foot eight inches on the third side; three legs Z) b)three inches long; from the base of the frame rise three posts (c c c)one from each corner, two feet in height; upon the top of the posts is apart of the frame corresponding with the base of the frame; va screw oneach end of the posts passes through the base and top parts of the frameand is fastened with nuts (d l (l), thus completing the frame.

A circular revolving table (e) is set over the top of the frame upon ashaft (7') which passes through the top of the frame and extends througha cross-beam in the top of the frame to a corresponding beam (g) in the.base of the frame, and rests in a socket (la) in said lower beam. Uponthe top of the shaft are several'horizontal arms upon which the table issupported; another vertical shaft (i near the right hand corner of theshort side of the frame, passes down through the top of the frame and aspur (j) or arm below in the post at the right of the short side of theframe, and is attached to the treadle (7a); at the top of this shaftl isattached a knife (Z) three or four inches wide at the shoulder, andabout eleven inches long, and one eighth of an inch thick 1n the center,and ground concave from 8,501, dated November 11, 1851i the center tothe top and bottom on both sides of the knife. The knife is so connectedwith the shaft as to turn upon it until it points to the center of thetable when itstops to be drawn down by the treadle. Near the lower endof this shaft, and half the length of theknife from the shaft is a hook(mi) connecting with the treadle; the treadle is attached to the post atthe small corner of the frame by a spur (y) six inches from the bottom,and extends six inches outside of the long end of the frameturnsdownward and ends with a step (n) for the foot. The treadle andknife shaft are raised by a pulley (o 0) and weight lVhat I claim as myinvention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,

rlhe arrangement of the circular revolving table (c) and knife (l), thesaid knife being attached to the sliding shaft and operated by means ofa treadle (7c) and weighted cord and pulley or their equivalent, so thatthe cheese or other article to be cut may be placed upon the table andnot removed until by a single revolution of the wheel, and a few slightpressures of the foot upon the treadle, it is cut into as many parts asmay be desired without crumbling or waste.

In witness whereof l the said BENJAMIN F. ADAMS have hereunto subscribedmy name in the presence of the witnesses, whose names are heretosubscribed, at Bangor, on the eighteenth day of March in the year 1851.

B. F. ADAMS.

Signed, sealed. and delivered in presence of- JOHN E. GODFREY, BENJN. E.GALLUP.

